STUDENT unions battling against cuts in living standards and education provision facing attacks on their right to organise, as events at Essex University show At 7am last Thursday, police broke into a student occupation the University exorbitant rent increases. Fifteen students, including the union president, were arrested.
Despite lengthy interrogation - the students were held for between 30 and 40 hours -only two were charged; one in connection with a leaflet which was distributed on the campus JOSE LCEN A further seven arrests were are made on the Thursday evening when students picketed police station. picketing continued until all were released, by Saturday.
Essex University veloped a victimising student since the student union established in the early Every effort must be made to prevent a repetition.
An emergency general meetWing of the union will be electing a defence committee whose task will be to seek support in the student the HOVCHLCHLS Nevertheless A proposal will also be put for speaking lam national demonstration to take up the behaviour of the police has de- as well as that of the univeristy Messages *70s. was requests for information and speakers to:
University chester, Essex. to NUPE's London divisional IN calling for Shop stewards in Camden will be meeting to decide on call for action in the borough. Selective action is to begin with petrol pump attendants, threatening week all local government transport. Nottingham MANY areas of Nottinghamshire refuse workers and council workers are on indefinite strike. Hospitals in Nottingham are on emergency admissions only due to a strike by laundry workers. Telephonists are also taking action this Ambulance drivers are
THIS WEEK sees the 60th anniversary of a strike centred on